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At Least 200,000 Tons of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Horizon Spill Consumed by Gulf Bacteria

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Researchers from the University of Rochester and Texas A&M University have found that, over a period of five months following the disastrous 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, naturally-occurring bacteria that exist in the Gulf of Mexico consumed and removed at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas that spewed into the deep Gulf from the ruptured well head.

The researchers analyzed an extensive data set to determine not only how much oil and gas was eaten by bacteria, but also how the characteristics of this feast changed with time.

"A significant amount of the oil and gas that was released was retained within the ocean water more than one-half mile below the sea surface. It appears that the hydrocarbon-eating bacteria did a good job of removing the majority of the mater

At Least 200,000 Tons of Oil and Gas from Deepwater Horizon Spill Consumed by Gulf Bacteria? Those are some Hungry little Bacteria buggers! There are numerous seeps and springs of underground oil into the worlds oceans all the time, bacteria have evolved to eat and consume that past organic matter. There is a lot more oil to go so get busy guys! Less oil in the water and the fish and shrimp can return to normal and have eyes and fins again, no more weird deformations.Nature can right man’s wrongs and make it all good again!Whatever the size or shape of the vehicle, Produce and ‘Drive’ vehicles with high MPG, are very reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money.The price of fuel at the pump is too high!12/22/2012!

Remember the First Iraq war when Saddam set fire to all the oil wells in Kuwait, the news media said it might be a century before the environment recovered. It was a matter of a few years. Nature is more powerful than mankind.